How does your garden grow?

[miotas]

My mother-in-law designed it, so all layout credit goes to her. Then wifey dear demanded it, and your friendly neighborhood lemur got to dig it out, frame it, haul a hundred-odd loads of dirt and build the thing. It's all good though, the amount of food it generates is staggering.

I know what you mean. My dad planed it and put the frame together and then left miotas the mule to do all the shoveling.

And I agree with your sentiments on beetroot whole heartedly, I think I must be one of the only aussie's who do but I just can't stand the stuff. Nothing that colour should be consumed, I swear the stuff even tastes purple

[Samurai Waki]

I've taken a kinder view of the beet as I've aged. During the cold winter months, I'm apt to make Borscht a couple of times.

[Andres]

Last year, our first year in our current house, we tried several things, most of it failed, but we had plenty of courgettes!

For several weeks, this was our weekly harvest:

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Needless to say, no courgettes this year; I had more than enough of those

This year, we're going for carrots, radish, beans, tomatoes (those little ones) strawberries and blueberries. The blueberries are already growing, but they're still green.

Our first radishes:

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We also planted two young apple trees and a plum tree. Too young to produce fruit yet, but we had beautiful blossoms from the plum tree

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We also have a blackberry and a raspberrybush. We had plenty of blackberries last year, but the raspberry was less succesful. I wonder what they'll do this year.

[Hosakawa Tito]

Last year, our first year in our current house, we tried several things, most of it failed, but we had plenty of courgettes!

For several weeks, this was our weekly harvest:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Needless to say, no courgettes this year; I had more than enough of those

This year, we're going for carrots, radish, beans, tomatoes (those little ones) strawberries and blueberries. The blueberries are already growing, but they're still green.

Our first radishes:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

We also planted two young apple trees and a plum tree. Too young to produce fruit yet, but we had beautiful blossoms from the plum tree

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

We also have a blackberry and a raspberrybush. We had plenty of blackberries last year, but the raspberry was less succesful. I wonder what they'll do this year.

Are courgettes the same as zucchini? They sure look alike. Those radishes look wonderful, hopefully I'll be able to grow them like that someday.

I planted our garden this morning. Tomatoes, cucumber, sweet bell peppers, and a couple of habanero pepper plants just for moi. Last year my cucumber plants failed on me and all I got were a few stunted, mishapened mutant cucumbers. I also planted 6 raspberry cuttings for my Mother. I'm hoping for a raspberry pie!

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

I've taken a kinder view of the beet as I've aged. During the cold winter months, I'm apt to make Borscht a couple of times.

I don't understand the hate given to beets - but then, I was practically raised on borscht.

[Andres]

Tomatoes were a disaster last year, but this year is very promising:



And they taste delicious

[Hosakawa Tito]

Nice Andres.

Complete opposite for me. Last year I had a bumper crop of tomatoes, this year is a bust.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Mom's toms are growing!
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[Hosakawa Tito]

I picked the last of the few tomatoes, cucumbers, and basil I had last evening. Time to roto-till the worst garden I ever had and hope for a better year next time. I still managed to grow plenty of blue ribbon quality weeds...

[KukriKhan]

... hope for a better year next time. I still managed to grow plenty of blue ribbon quality weeds...

"Ditto" grumbles the drought-stricken southern Californian.

[Hosakawa Tito]

"Ditto" grumbles the drought-stricken southern Californian.

Ya know, it hasn't rained here in a week. I just finished mowing the lawn and parts of the back 40 are still wet and smelling musty. If I had the power I'd send ya'll some.

[KukriKhan]

Ya know, it hasn't rained here in a week. I just finished mowing the lawn and parts of the back 40 are still wet and smelling musty. If I had the power I'd send ya'll some.

Thanks. I know you would. They've got a lotta nerve calling themselves The National Weather SERVICE; no weather is being served or distributed, just reported. I can understand that we can't (yet) control how or when rain or snow falls from the sky, and I'm no engineer, but why can't we figure out a way to manage-manipulate the wet stuff once it has hit the ground? So you don't drown and I don't die of thirst?

I mean, we can move a letter from San Diego 5,000 miles to Bangor Maine in 2 days. We move mega-gallons of oil from Alaska'a North Slope to the LA refineries in less than a week. We have highways and railways tripping over themselves, criss-crossing the country. Why can't we capture, process and re-distribute water?

...complains the guy living in the desert, LOL.